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South Riverdale Community Health Centre is a non-profit, multi-service organization that provides primary healthcare, social and community outreach services with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention primarily to people of East Toronto. Our mission is to improve the lives of people that face barriers to physical, mental, spiritual and social well-being. We do so by meaningfully engaging our clients and communities, ensuring equitable access to primary health care and delivering quality care through a range of evidence informed programs, services and approaches. As a leader in community health, our locally and internationally recognized community services include cutting-edge primary health services, health promotion, harm reduction, environmental health, community food centre and population-based community programs for marginalized peoples. We value health equity and inclusion and respect in our work and in the delivery of our services.
Harmony Community Food Centre (CFC), a program of South Riverdale Community Health Centre, in partnership with Community Food Centres Canada, is a welcoming place where people to come together to grow, cook, share and advocate for good food.
The role of Community Advocacy Program (CAP) Facilitator within the Harmony Community Food Centre program is to support people who live on a low income to navigate the system of social services and government entitlements and to engage and mobilize community members to take action on local issues and the larger structural forces that are ultimately responsible for food insecurity and poverty. The CAP Facilitator will support shared community meals, cooking and gardening programming and take leadership for advocacy programs that improve access to healthy food, build food knowledge and skill and support action on issues of poverty and food insecurity.
This work happens during community drop-in time/space, through community action training programs, by mentoring peer advocates, supporting civic engagement and public awareness campaigns, and mentoring students and volunteers within this program area. This work is rooted in strengths-based practice and an anti-oppression model. As such, the CAP Facilitator makes a special effort to engage low-income residents as program participants and volunteers including vulnerable adults, seniors, youth, and parents of young children. The CAP Facilitator will network and build connections with other organizations to support both community members and the work of the SRCHC and Harmony CFC.
This position is expected to work onsite.
The deadline for applicants is Monday, April 29, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. (noon).
Please mail in your cover letter and resume in confidence to:
The Hiring Committee – Community Advocacy Program Facilitator
South Riverdale Community Health Centre
955 Queen Street East
Toronto, ON M4M 3P3
Or by email to: [email protected]
Please enter “Community Advocacy Program Facilitator” in the subject line of your email.
No faxes, phone calls, or requests to meet please.
This is a bargaining unit position with CUPE Local 5399.
SRCHC welcomes applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
SRCHC is an equal opportunity employer. We would like to thank all those that apply but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
SRCHC encourages applicants who are racialized (IBPOC) and/or applicants who face any barriers as a result of systemic discrimination to apply for this position.
SRCHC encourages a scent-free environment. Employees, students, volunteers, and visitors are asked to refrain from wearing fragrances and other scented personal care products (i.e. perfumes, deodorants, lotions, hairspray, etc.) while at the Centre.